Department of Orthopaedics, Dr. D Y Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, India
Case Report
A Solitary Enchondroma of Great Toe in an Adolescent Male: A Case Report
Author(s): Shivam Patel, Shail Shah*, Anurag Anand and Ashwin Deshmukh
Introduction: Solitary enchondromas are benign, usually asymptomatic. Enchondromas are cartilage tumors which are estimated to constitute 3%-17% of all bone tumors and approximately 20% of all cartilage tumors. Enchondroma has higher chances to convert in chondrosarcoma, which varies between 0% and 4.2%. It is difficult to obtain a valid risk estimate, as this requires histopathology MRI reports.
Case study: 17 year old male came to the OPD with swelling in his left great toe since 6 months. Swelling was associated with intermittent pain which was dull aching type, no aggravating or relieving factors. Swelling was insidious in onset and gradual in progression. On physical examination Mild restriction of motion of left great toe and a regular swelling over the dorsal aspect of left great toe, hard in consistency without any neurovascular impa.. Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/2795-6172.2022.6.147
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